When it comes to doing performance reviews, you might at times need to address shortfalls in a worker’s performance. Ideally this should be done in a way that is encouraging…
Day: 22 November 2018
What Makes a Business ‘Ethical’?
Making money and having ethics are often seen as mutually exclusive, but the good news is they needn’t be. In fact, making your business more about people than about profits…
Tips for Entrepreneurs: How Perfectionism Can Impact Productivity
Could perfectionism in your business be holding back your progress? Perfectionism is the desire to have everything exactly right before taking action, or seeing anything less than perfection as a…
Top Tips for Preventing Fraud in Your Business
The Australian Institute of Criminology describes fraud as “dishonestly obtaining a benefit, or causing a loss, by deception or other means”. Secrecy is the key to fraud. Rather than an…
Credit Insurance Explained
Businesses that offer trade credit to their customers need to consider the risks associated with that – such as the potential for bad debts, slow payments or insolvency. These occurrences…
6 Risk Categories Faced by SMEs Today
In the insurance and business worlds, we often talk about risk and the importance of risk management. But how exactly do you define risk, and what are the main risks…